The March ordering date for the Extra Helpings Community Food Buying Club in Stephentown is Thursday, February 25, from 3:30 to 6 pm at the Stephentown Federated Church on Garfield Road. [Read more…] about Stephentown Extra Helpings
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PVMCC News
PVMCC Music and Art Cafe will be held Friday, February 19, from 7 to 9 pm. Barry Hyman will be back with his eclectic presentation that is sure to please all who come out. He participates in several bands including Zuela and The Hill Hollow Band.
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Learn Clogging
Come one and all have fun and learn clogging with the Hill Country Cloggers of Hoosick beginning Tuesday evening, March 2, at 7 pm at the Hoosick Falls Central School, River Road, Route 22, Hoosick Falls. For more information regarding the Hill Country Cloggers, contact Margaret Pine at 518-686-7767.
Bird Seed Sale To Benefit Friends Of The Dyken Pond Center
The Friends of the Dyken Pond Center is offering a pre-order bird seed sale fund raiser to support programs and activities held at the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center. This is a one time sale, and bird seed must be pre-ordered by February 26. [Read more…] about Bird Seed Sale To Benefit Friends Of The Dyken Pond Center
Hilda G. Goyer
Grafton – Hilda Gundrum Goyer, 77, of County Route 85, Grafton, NY, died on Sunday evening, February 14, 2010, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, NY, surrounded by her loving family.
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Marie L. Lanner
Stephentown – Marie Louise Lanner, 88, of South Stephentown Road, Stephentown, NY, died on Monday, February 15, 2010, at her grandson’s residence under the care of Community Hospice of Rensselaer County.
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Joan M. Wheeler
New Lebanon – Joan MacDonnell Wheeler, 77, formerly of Route 20, New Lebanon Center, NY, died peacefully on Monday, February 15, 2010, at her son’s home in Pittsfield, MA, her residence since 2007, while comforted by HospiceCare in the Berkshires.
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Comedy And Couples Night At Berlin Seventh Day Baptist
by Phillip Zema
On Friday, February 12, Charles Marshall, a renowned Christian comedian, performed at the Berlin Seventh Day Baptist Church. The event, which was attended by sixty-three area couples, featured valet parking, a convenient coat service, a delicious catered buffet, an enthusiastic wait staff, an assortment of deserts and jokes about love and marriage. [Read more…] about Comedy And Couples Night At Berlin Seventh Day Baptist
Addressing High Rates Of Alcohol And Drug Abuse In The BCSD
by David Flint
At a breakfast meeting in Berlin last Thursday, February 4, community leaders heard some dismal reports about drug and alcohol abuse among our teens and pre-teens and some advice on organizing to counteract the problem. The meeting, held at the Berlin Seventh Day Baptist Church Hall and organized and sponsored by the TRACS Coalition (Together Reducing Alcohol and drugs in our Communities), drew about 25 interested people from the communities of Grafton, Petersburgh, Berlin and Stephentown.
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Dispatch Debate
by Bea Peterson
During the Public Hearing on elimination of Village Dispatch service Mayor Matt Monahan told the more than 50 village residents in attendance that the anticipated budget for Hoosick Falls for 2010 is $1,788,482 and 12 percent of that budget, or a projected $147,974 is for Dispatch. Many of those attending the meeting at the Senior Center on Thursday, February 4, were Hoosick Falls volunteer firefighters and Hoosick volunteer Rescue Squad personnel. [Read more…] about Dispatch Debate